Los angeles lakers coach 1998
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Lakers Owners, GMs, and Coaches
Bernie Bickerstaff ()
Mike D'Antoni
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Season
Record: , second place in Pacific Division
It may have been a lockout-shortened season, but that didn't stop it from being an action packed one for the Lakers. It was their final season at the Forum before moving to Staples Center, and the Lakers made three significant moves during the season. On Feb. 23, they signed the controversial Dennis Rodman. The man with the multi-colored hair lasted about six weeks before he was waived on April
On Feb. 24, the team fired Del Harris as coach and replaced him with Kurt Rambis.
And on March 10, the Lakers traded Eddie Jones and Elden Campbell to Charlotte for Glen Rice, J.R. Reid and B.J. Armstrong, who was subsequently waived before ever playing for the team.
Playoffs: The Lakers advanced to the conference semifinals, where they were swept by the San Antonio Spurs, who went on to win the NBA title.
Playoff Results
Western Conference first round
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–98 Los Angeles Lakers season
NBA professional basketball team season
NBA professional basketball team season
The –98 NBA season was the Lakers' 50th årstid in the National Basketball Association, and 38th in the city of Los Angeles.[1] During the off-season, the Lakers signed free agents Rick Fox,[2][3][4] and three-point expert Jon Barry.[5] The grupp got off to a fast början to the season winning their first eleven games,[6] before losing Shaquille O'Neal to a strained stomach muscle that forced him to sit out 20 games;[7][8][9][10] in his absence, the Lakers went 13–7. In January, Nick Van Exel went down with a knee injury missing 18 games,[11][12][13] and was replaced with second-year guard Derek Fisher as the team's starting point guard for the remainder of the season.[14] The Lakers held a 34–11 record at the All-Star break,[